Improved washing machine



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Be it known that I, ARTHUR ADAIR, of the city of Buffalo, county ofEric, State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in a Washing Machine; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecieation, in whch- Figure I represents a longitudinal section. p

The nature of this invention consists in having false ends hinged to theupper part of the b'evollcd 'end'of a cradle-shaped wash-tub, and havinga series of rubber springs on the inside of the end of the tub, thefalse ends being furthermore connected with the beater or pounderthrough connecting-cords, so as to cause the clothes to be turned aroundduring the process of washing.

In the drawing, A represents the wash-tub; D is one of two stands, oneonreach side ofthe tub; H is'xi connectingbeam between the same; E isthe carrier for the rocking-lever L, and thelpounder P attached thercto.E supports at the same time the whole of the machine very materially. Lis by means of apivot suspended in the slot e of E. L z are a series ofholes at the upper part of the rocking-lever so as to vary the heightsofi the same above the bottom of the tub. The rocking-lever is made intwo pieces, slotted together, and having a similar arrangement as at thetop, with a series of holes, i h', serving atthe same time as a means ofsepa rating the machine in a very convenient way. .VY is theworking-lever. C is one of' two covers laid loosely over the machine, sothat they can easily he removed for putting clothes and water in themachine. B B are the, false ends, hinged to the upper part of the endsof the tub. s s nrc connecting-cords between the false ends and thepounder. 1v 1v are weights on the cords, to keep them down, and prevent'them from interfering with` the clothes that are to be washed. i' r areseries of rubber springs on the inside of the ends of the tub. Thesesprings are bevelled towards the centre around which the falsoendsswing. p11 are holes in the pounder for making the same move easier,and lighten the resistance of the water during the process of washing. JJ'arc the handles. T T are the legs. The bottom ofthe tub is ilutedwhere the washing is to bedonc. The pounder is iluted on the bottom andthe sides, and the false ends on the inside or front side, as clearlyshown in the drawing.

The in'ode of operating my machine is substantially as follows: Theclothes tobc washed are to be laidy on `both sides of the pounder; thisbeing moved backwards and forwardsby thc working lever, it will beeasily seen that the false ends combined with the pounder through theconnecting-cords, will cause the clothes on both sides to movealternately from the lower tothe upper part of the cradle-shaped bottomof the tub, and at the same time turn thc clothes around, beingfurthermore assisted herein by the rubber springs on thc inside of theend of the tub, the washing thus being done by the combined rubbing,pounding, and revolving.

My machine can be used for all purposes, and be made in different sizes,from the smallcst'i'amily size to a large factory size, where acombination of them might be worked by power.

I am well aware that there is nothing new about a poundcr'workng on acradle-shaped bottom, but `what I lclaim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. I claim the false ends I3 B combined with thc pounder P,through theconnecting-cords s s, and operating substantially as herein specified. i

set forth.

ARTHUR. ADAIR.

Witnesses:

JNO. I-I. Bonnes, JOHN Lmrnrnn.

2. I claim the false ends B B combined with the rubber springs r r, 'andoperating substantially as `lier-cin..

